The same three judges who ruled last week that a TikTok divest-or-ban law is Constitutional ruled against the company again today and declined to temporarily pause it from taking effect on January 19th.
In response, TikTok said again that it’s taking the case to the Supreme Court.
The shooter had a message, and the internet was happy to spread it.
It’s been two years since Apple dropped its plan to detect child abuse imagery using client-side iCloud scanning.
Now, the New York Times reports on a class-action lawsuit filed in California saying it harmed a group of 2,680 victims by failing to “implement those designs or take any measures to detect and limit” CSAM, like using Microsoft’s PhotoDNA.
Under law, victims of child sexual abuse are entitled to a minimum of $150,000 in damages, which means the total award...could exceed $1.2 billion
[The New York Times]
While investigating apps that let livestream viewers pay to watch child abuse, The New York Times reports that it found “more than 80 apps that advertised children” on the Apple and Google app stores.
The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There, with the ease of a smartphone, parents and other adults can connect with pedophiles in the United States and elsewhere who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior.
Trigger warning: This Times story includes descriptions of child sexual abuse.
[The New York Times]
The con man used the name of a real FBI agent to scam victims attached to an “@usa.com” email instead of the real @fbi.gov.
In April, the FTC announced a new rule that could allow it to help people scammed via government and business impersonations. Seniors are often targeted, but so are others, like The Cut’s financial columnist, who lost $50,000 to a man impersonating a CIA agent.
